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The Clarion Vol. 46, No. 3, April 2017

919 S. John Redditt Drive, Lufk in, Texas 75904 ● stcyprianschurch.org ● 936.639.1253

The Important Stuff by Catherine Hylands

Rufus Duncan spoke to us last month about following Jesus’ example and building our “Outreach Church”

by participating in church activities and volunteering in the community. His point was that we should

strive to overcome the noise and clamor of daily life and focus on following Him and doing His work.

Great idea, but how do we find the time and energy to commit to these activities? How do we set an ex-

ample for our children?

Rufus’ message reminded me of a children’s sermon I heard years ago in England. Our minister called a

little boy to the front of the church to help him demonstrate his point. The little boy’s job was to pour a

bag of sand into a tall glass cylinder on a table. Then he was asked to fit several fist-sized rocks in the re-

maining space at the top of the cylinder. Try as he might, the little boy was defeated by the task. The

sand took up too much space and there was not enough room for all the rocks, however he rearranged

them. The minister encouraged him to try harder! Harder! But no luck. There was simply not enough

room.

The minister then pulled out an identical cylinder and an identical bag of sand. This time the little boy

was encouraged to START with the rocks. They were carefully placed in the bottom of the cylinder, then

the sand was poured on top. Amazing! There was plenty of room for both! The sand sifted around and

under the rocks, and the whole congregation could see through the glass that the cylinder was full, but

not overflowing.

The cylinders represented our lives, our minister explained. The rocks are important things, things that

God knows will give our lives meaning and fulfillment. These things are God’s plan for us – love, service,

worship, commitment to His kingdom. The sand is everything else – the trivial, the temporary, the things

we may like doing but that don’t enrich our lives. If we start with these things, there may not be room for

everything we want in our lives. But if we focus on what is important – if we START with the rocks – eve-

rything else will fall into place and there will be plenty of time and energy left for the rest.

May God help us to remember what is truly important, that we may delight in His will, and walk in His

ways, to the glory of His Name!

Mission Statement

We are a Parish cal led by God to be a growing family of Christians who serve Jesus Chr ist

by demonstrating His love through our daily l ives, service, and worship.

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Easter Lilies for the Altar Every year our sanctuary altar is decorated with beautiful lilies on Easter in memory of or in hon-

or of the special people in our lives. If you would like to donate an Easter Lily, please fill out the

form below and deliver (or mail) it to the church office with your check. The cost of each Easter

Lily is $35. Please print. The deadline is April 10th.

____ in memory of _____________________________________________________________________________

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____ In honor of ________________________________________________________________________________

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Given by ______________________________________________________________________________________

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Palm Crosses – Saturday, April 8th, 10am, Parlor

We need willing hands to make the palm crosses handed out on Palm Sunday! Come

spend an hour or so weaving the crosses. There will be instructions and all are wel-

come! This is always a fun family activity.

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Easter Vigil

Please sign up on the poster in the Narthex for a one hour Easter Vigil gift of your time be-

tween the end of the Maundy Thursday evening service and the beginning of the Good Friday

Service (April 13 - 14). Contact Laura Logan at [email protected].

Palm Sunday, April 9th

Eucharist at 7:30 and 10 AM

The Parish Photo will be taken after each service.

Good Friday, April 14th

Good Friday Service at 12 Noon

Stations of the Cross at 5 PM

Maundy Thursday, April 13th

7:00 PM

Prayer Vigil immediately following

Easter Sunday, April 16th

Eucharist at 7:30 and 10 AM

Easter Egg Hunt after 10 AM Service


Music Notes by Greg Simmons, Music Director

Sometimes the most beautiful music is the music that takes a while to resolve.

Have you every listened to a piece of music that seemed to be so dissonant, but

when it came to the end all of dissonance, seemed to resolve in just the right way?

The beauty of the music is not necessarily found in the resolution of those nasty

sounding harmonies but in the journey that the dissonance took so that it could

resolve. This approach in music is much like Jesus Christ’s journey through the de-

sert. For 40 days, he experienced hardship, then the tension built with his crucifix-

ion and death, but on the third day the final resolution is heard and a beautiful

cadence is found.

Beauty is found in contrast. We know what ugly music sounds like because we know what beautiful music sounds

like. We know that Beethoven’s 9th Symphony (Ode to Joy) is joyous music because we know that Chopin’s Funeral

March (you probably remember it from the cartoon Tom & Jerry) is sad music. We know that Jesus’s resurrection is

a joyous event, because we know ourselves and the trials and tribulations that he went through while on this earth.

This Easter, remember to be thankful for the season of Lent, because it is part of how we can see a more beautiful

Easter season. Remember that the beautiful music you hear on Easter Sunday tells the salvation story with every

dissonance and every resolution.

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CD Release Party – Saturday, April 22nd, 7pm, Parish Hall

St. Cyprian’s will release their first CD on April 22nd, 2017. There will be a celebration in the Parish Hall, beginning

at 7:30pm. Everyone is invited and encouraged to come. This will be the first opportunity anyone will have to pur-

chase one of our CD’s. On this CD you will find fourteen great hymns from the 1982 hymnal and two anthems that

come from the English Anglican Choral tradition. There will be a short presentation on how the CD was made, fol-

lowed by the premier of our second music video. Refreshments will be provided. There were over 100 people in-

volved with this project, and we hope you will join us to celebrate more than a year’s hard work.

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Kitchen Towels

It would be wonderfully helpful if the people who used the kitchen would take home and wash the

kitchen towels used for cleaning and drying. Just bring them back the next time you are at

church! This small act of service contributes a lot to the whole over time!

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Treasurer Report

February is typically a high income month due to some

who paid their entire annual pledge in January. $45,679

of the YTD Income was pre-paid pledges.

The current cash reserves are sufficient to cover normal

cash flows and emergency contingencies.

February

YTD Actual February

YTD Budget YTD Budget

Variance

Income 137,503 93,040 44,463

Expenses 98,057 93,040 5,017

Margin 39,446 – 39,446


LAY MINISTER SCHEDULE FOR APRIL 2017

Ministry April 2 Palm Sunday

April 9

Maundy

Thursday

April 14

Good

Friday

April 15

Easter

April 16 April 23 April 30

7:30am Acolytes

K Jones J Bell C Westbrook C Logan R Temple

10am

Acolytes

Cr – Matthew L..

Cl – Matthew H.

Ca – Jacob W.

Ca – Nick H.

Gb – Wyatt P.

Cr: Christian R.

Cl: Avery S.

Ca: Sarah R.

Ca: Alex H.

Gb: Madison G.

Cr: Charlotte P.

Cl: Josh S.

Ca: Autumn S.

Ca: Morgan W.

Gb: Hayne E.

Cr: Joseph M.

Cl: Priscilla G.

Ca: Austin G.

Ca: Gabriel L.

Gb: Grace L.

Cr: Sara R.

Cl: Morgan W.

Ca: Madison G.

Ca: Alex H.

Gb: Millie H.

Ushers Blanks

Geist

Franks

Minshaw Volunteers Volunteers

Blanks, Preston

Hineman, Logan

McDonald

Picou

Alvis

Enos

Altar Guild

MM Riley

M Benson

C Hylands

A Moss

D Brittain

S Treadwell

C Riley

N DeVore

A Treadwell

C Blanks

All teams strip

the Altar.

Team 1 set up

communion.

Good Friday

to be set up

after the

Maundy

Thursday

service by S

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volunteer

helpers.

S Short

M Ellis

T Love

B Geist

MM Riley

M Benson

C Hylands

A Moss

D Brittain

S Treadwell

C Riley

N DeVore

A Treadwell

C Blanks

V Dobrec

D Hineman

D Temple

S Mettlen

Breakfast

Teams

T Squyres

F Preston

B Love

C Hineman

C DeVore

B Killam

R Blanks

G Temple

C Grumbles

R Vann

T Hill

A Moore

B Moore

Jeff Todd

S Ross

R Holmes

R Loggins

C Logan

J Freeman

T McDonald

J Havard

M Todd

P Medford

K Jones

P McCurry

M Hineman

J Hannah

Coffee B Preston L Logan J Greak B Preston R Blanks

Lay Readers 7:30am

J Bell S Griffin

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S Griffin B Brown C DeVore Lay Reader –

N Muir

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C DeVore

C – C Riley

Lay Readers

10am

I – Buschemeyer

C – B Geist

R1 – D Hineman

R2 – C Blanks

I – C DeVore

C – B Ray

R1 – J Peterson

R2 – T Gonzalez

I – K Frost

C – L Squiers

R1 – B Killam

R2 – J Deitz

I – S Alvis

C – B Geist

R1 – N Muir

R2 – Buschemeyer

I – B Estes

C – B Ray

R1 – Youth

R2 – Youth

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G. Frost Stover

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Enos Duncan L Frost

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R Temple

April 15 Team 2 M Picou

April 22 Team 3 B Love

April 29 Team 4

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April Birthdays

2 Ann Matthews 9 Jaelynn June 19 Susie Shands 24 Marie Nickle

3 Len Medford 10 Blake Cherry Julianne Greak Gavin Richardson

Sophia Reed 11 Brennen Peterson Patrick Haney 25 Allison Moss

4 Thomas Gibbs 13 Ellen Jean McGuinness Luke Owens 26 Amy Loggins

Victoria Viet Dyson Nickle, Jr. 20 Ron Haney Halle DeVore

5 Gerry Powell 14 Kae Richert Andrew Peterson 27 Jennifer McCall

6 Ruby Moore Jay Shands 21 Leelana Orr Claire Inselmann

Ella Taylor Rachel Inselmann 22 Cynthia Gonzalez Ryan Rasmussen

7 Jim Bell 16 Charlie Brittain Nick Fajen Thatcher Shadden

8 Debbie Lloyd Greg Gibbs Matthew Logan 28 Robert Ramsey

Karen Peterson Lauren Leedy Samantha Havard 30 Jackie Franks

Will Foster Patrick Gordon 23 Todd Raines

9 Tricia Fajen 17 Wanda Leary Michael Mays

Sophie Glover 18 Theresa Fain 24 Sherry Simmons

April Anniversaries

3 Claire and Tom McLaurin 17 Emily and Jeff Havard 26 Deanna and Charlie Brittain

6 Sara and Kyle Mettlen 21 Deborah and Jerry Huffman 27 Susie and Jay Shands

15 Betty and Fred Preston 24 Sally and Max Alvis 29 Eleanor and Robert Estes

16 Suzi and Gerry Powell 25 Kristi and Cooper Buschemeyer

Event Date Time Location Stitch In 4/1 11:00am Parish Hall

DAR Meeting 4/4 1:00pm Parish Hall

Vestry meets with Bp Harrison 4/5 4:00pm Parlor

Bp Harrison meets with Confirmands 4/5 5:30pm Parlor

Confirmation Service 4/5 6:00pm Sanctuary

Meal with Bishop & Confirmands 4/5 7:00pm Parish Hall

Bayou Bash 4/7 6:00pm St. Cyprian's School

Yard Workday 4/8 8:00am Church Grounds

Palm Crosses 4/8 10:00am Parish Hall

Palm Sunday Parish Picture 4/9 8:15am and 11:15am Courtyard

Maundy Thursday Service 4/13 7:00pm Sanctuary

Office Closed 4/14 - 4/17

Good Friday Service 4/14 12:00pm Sanctuary

Stations of the Cross 4/14 5:00pm Sanctuary

Godtel Easter Dinner Prep 4/15 11:00am Kitchen

Easter Rite I Worship 4/16 7:30am Sanctuary

Easter Rite II Worship 4/16 10:00am Sanctuary

Vestry 4/17 5:30pm Parlor

Children's Movie Night 4/21 6:00pm Parish Hall

CD Release Party 4/22 7:00pm Parish Hall

Men's Fellowship 4/27 6:00pm Behind Church

Thomas Gibbs Wedding 4/29 Sanctuary

EYC BBQ Fundraiser 4/29 10:00am School Drive Through

Youth Sunday Service 4/30 10:00am Sanctuary


All youth volunteers and events are coordinated through our Youth Minister, Jordan Dietz at [email protected].

It is that time of year again! Life is starting to pick up and get busy. We are coming down to the

end of the school year, which usually means family vacation, summer, and mission trips are almost here.

Have you gotten all those details squared away yet? If not, don’t forget to incorporate the mission trip

into that planning. For now, let’s slow down a little bit, because before we get to our summer vacations

we have to get through April first, and there are a lot of important dates to remember in this month.

First off we have our huge annual BBQ Fundraiser coming up on the 29th of April. This fundraiser

will raise all of the money that we need to fund our mission trips this summer. Our goal is to sell 500

plates at $10 a plate. Each plate contains a chicken leg quarter, beans, potato salad, bread, and sides

such as onions and pickles. It will be over at the school’s parking lot. You won’t even have to get out of

your car! All you will have to do is pull up through the drive-thru and the kids will hand the plates into

your car. The chicken is cooked by none other than Mr. Charlie Grumbles, so you know it will be deli-

cious. You can get your tickets from any of our teenagers or by calling the church office at 936.639.1253.

April 30th is Senior Sunday where we recognize all of our seniors who will be graduating. Follow-

ing the service, there will be a reception in the parish hall where each senior will have a table decorated

with past accomplishments and future plans. This is also an opportunity for you to give our kids a gradu-

ation gift if you would like. You can leave those gifts on their tables in the parish hall.

Serving a gracious God, Jordan Dietz


Contact Mrs. Lena at (936)366 -3498 or

[email protected].

҉ Movie Night ҉

Friday, April 21st *** 6 - 9pm Bring your friends and a sleeping bag,

have supper and enjoy a movie!

Easter Eggs Needed! We are in need of donated and filled plastic Easter

eggs for the Easter egg hunt on Easter Sunday.

Please drop off the eggs at the church office before

Easter Sunday, so we know if we have enough for

the hunt. You can designate the eggs to be for 3

and under or 4 and older, or we will choose.

APRIL EVENTS

9th Palm Sunday

Parish Picture after

each service

13th Maundy Thursday

7:00pm Service

14th Good Friday

Stations of the Cross

at 5pm

16th Easter Sunday

Flowering of the Cross

Egg hunt after service

21th Movie Night

6-9pm Parish hall

Supper and movie

30th VBS Planning

After the 10am service

in parlor

VBS Planning Meeting April 30, 11:15am

Parlor

Everyone interested in helping with planning

VBS is invited to attend (RSVP for nursery).

St. Cyprian’s Episcopal Church 919 S. John Redditt Dr. Lufkin, TX 75904 936.639.1253

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Confirmation with Bishop Dena Harrison Wednesday, April 5th

6pm – Confirmation Service

7pm – Celebratory Parish-wide Dinner for the

Confirmands and Bishop Dena

Come help us honor our nine adult confirmands!

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